Utilización, oferta y demanda de tecnología para producción de maíz en el valle de Puebla, México
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine what the currentsituation is in terms of technology use, offer and demand,generated to increase maize production in Valle de Puebla.Surveys were applied to a random sample of 111 farmersin three municipalities of Valle de Puebla. Results showthat farmers are small-scale producers, and 68.6% of themdemonstrated a high degree of technology adoption, with thecrop population density standing out at 82.8%, nitrogen at77.6% and phosphorous at 63.6%. The least used technologicalcomponents were sowing period and fertilization opportunity.Grasshopper was the most important plague and only 63.4%of the farmers controlled it. Another aspect with negativeinfluence on maize yield was that only 25.2% of the farmersused herbicide during crop development. With the exception offertilizers and insecticides, the technological offer has decreaseddrastically, since only 47.7% of the farmers received technicalrecommendations, possibly due to the considerable decrease inactivities from institutions that support the agricultural sector;thus, 72% of the farmers manifested a demand for technologyfor maize cultivation.Key
Institution: Colegio de Postgraduados
Language: Spanish
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1860101491